Sincere question - does Pittsburgh/Pennsylvania have a comparable equivalent to UrbanOhio? Not talking blogs or Instagram accounts or eNewswhateverthekidscallit but a comparable apples-to-apples messageboard format that reaches a similar audience and scope?

UrbanOhio is a spin off of SSP and took a lot of the "day to day" updates with it but the format seems to work because new members keep coming. Just curious as to whether anything like that was considered for Pittsburgh and if yes/no - why did or didn't it happen? Does anyone moderate the Pittsburgh thread on an active basis or is it on an "as reported" basis? I just wonder if UrbanOhio never materialized - how would things be different?

In about two years, I'll have been an SSP forumer for 20 years and it's interesting to look back and see how our community (architecture/skyscraper/urban geeks) and our outlets to connect with each other have grown and evolved.

Not really.

Philadelphia has its own dedicated message board, Philadelphia Speaks, but it's kind of dead. A lot of urbanist discussion has moved to the UrbanPHL Facebook group. I'm not sure what-all Pittsburghers have. Or peeps from the many smaller cities in the state.

Sincere question - does Pittsburgh/Pennsylvania have a comparable equivalent to UrbanOhio? Not talking blogs or Instagram accounts or eNewswhateverthekidscallit but a comparable apples-to-apples messageboard format that reaches a similar audience and scope?

UrbanOhio is a spin off of SSP and took a lot of the "day to day" updates with it but the format seems to work because new members keep coming. Just curious as to whether anything like that was considered for Pittsburgh and if yes/no - why did or didn't it happen? Does anyone moderate the Pittsburgh thread on an active basis or is it on an "as reported" basis? I just wonder if UrbanOhio never materialized - how would things be different?

In about two years, I'll have been an SSP forumer for 20 years and it's interesting to look back and see how our community (architecture/skyscraper/urban geeks) and our outlets to connect with each other have grown and evolved.

Not that I know of. The SSP development thread is the most interesting and informative Pittsburgh thread online for daily information. City-Data has a lot but I can't deal with the level of stupidity and ignorance on that site. I never joined. SSC never appealed to me.
I kind of oversee page 1 development like you do and assist with other forumers in trying to steer the conversation in a productive direction. I am about to create a new development thread with updated projects and info in the next few weeks since it is overdo.

^ That looks fantastic!! Should go very well with that shiny new Larry O' Brien trophy...

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Apologies for the hiatus, been busy with work and family but some good stuff going on in Cleveland; made the following updates on the first page. Anymore there's more projects than I can keep up with, but I guess that's a good problem to have

One University Circle
$112 million project/20-story apartment tower
Location: University Circle (Euclid Avenue at Stearns Road)
Status: Under construction

West 25th and Detroit
$60 million mixed-use project - new construction of 250 apartments; renovation of former Forest City Bank building
Location: West 25th Street at Detroit Avenue
Status: Under construction

This is proposed for the area around West 28th and 29th near Detroit Avenue. Love the overall massing but reserving judgement on the facade for now.

From cleveland.com:

Ohio City apartment proposal would fill gap along Detroit Avenue

By Michelle Jarboe, The Plain Dealer
on February 27, 2017 at 8:33 AM, updated February 27, 2017 at 2:29 PM

CLEVELAND, Ohio - A pair of Ohio City parking lots is earmarked for a mixed-use project called the Church and State apartments, as part of a broader push to build up major corridors west of downtown Cleveland while preserving houses at the heart of the neighborhood.

Plans for the $50 million project show 161 apartments over 20,000 square feet of retail and 211 indoor parking spaces along Detroit Avenue, on roughly an acre between lower-slung, existing buildings at West 28th and West 29th streets. Named after historic and current Ohio City streets, the buildings will reach five floors - the Church, to the east - and rise to 11 stories - the State, to the west.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - After years of behind-the-scenes planning, Playhouse Square Foundation is getting ready to stage its biggest real estate act: Building a 34-story apartment tower at the edge of downtown Cleveland's theater district.

The nonprofit organization will own the project, a $135 million investment comprised of a 319-unit rental building and an adjacent, 550-space parking garage at East 17th Street and Euclid Avenue. Hines, a global real estate firm, will serve as the development manager, shepherding the project without holding a stake in it.

Playhouse Square's decision to push forward on a long-held development dream comes during a rental renaissance for Cleveland, which is seeing proposals for new construction pick up as the supply of potential conversion projects - older buildings primed for residential makeovers - thins.